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ID number:  BIRBI-R2349
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Postumus; Colonia Claudia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  267
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.83
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1272. W. S. Lincoln, 1930.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Bow, to l., club, and flat quiver, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP O POSTVMVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ...ɪɪ ΓV P VIYYY COS IIII P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Ninth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC V 291

Notes:  Silvered.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Colonia Claudia
Roman


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